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The Ladies' World Filet Crochet Book 

Explicit Directions for Beginners and Many Simple and Practical Designs with Diagrams 
and Directions. Price 25 Cents. Ready October 20. 1915. 

The Ladies' World Tatting Book 

This Book will be Useful to both Beginners and Experts in Tatting Making. Ready 

November 20, 1915. Price 10 Cents. 

Basket Making 

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Ribbon Decorations 

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Paper Rope Work 



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The Ladies' World 

Embroidery Book 



By Helen D. Purdy 

Who ivill be glad to answer any questions relating to these 
designs if a stamped, addressed envelope is enclosed 



Price 10 Cents 



AS it is impossible to give a great variety of designs in The Ladies' World in 
/% one issue, we have prepared this book to give our readers an opportunity 
/ » to select designs for any need, at any time. Hot-iron transfer patterns 
can be supplied for any design illustrated and, if for any reason one 
of these transfer patterns does not prove entirely satisfactory, we will gladly re- 
place it, if returned. 

Directions for Stamping Ladies' World Hot-Iron Transfers 

Spread out the material smoothly, and place the pattern upon it with the 
printed side down. Then transfer the design by stamping firmly with a hot iron, 
holding the pattern in place. Be sure that the surface upon which you lay your 
material is perfectly smooth, as a lumpy ironing board will cause parts of the 
design to be omitted. Do not use an iron that is merely "warm." You will have 
no trouble in making a satisfactory transfer if your iron is hot. 

Address all orders for stamped materials, silks, cottons or transfer patterns to 
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The Ladies' World 

The McClure Publications, Inc., 251 Fourth Avenue, New York 

Copyright. 191*. by McClure Pub.. Inc. 



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Dining-room Linens 




No. 1017— Tea-Napkin to match No. 1016 

A TEA-NAPKIN, No. 1017, to match the tea- 
cloth. The size is fourteen by fourteen 
inches, finished. Stamped on linen to match 
No. 1016, these napkins can be supplied for 
25 cents each, or $1.30 for six, and the cotton 
will be sent for 10 cents for one or 40 cents 
for the set of six. Transfer patterns for 
stamping three napkins will be sent for 10 
cents, or, for six napkins, for 15 cents. 





Tea- or Luncheon-Cloth 



AVERY beautiful tea- or luncheon-cloth, No. 1016, 27 inches 
in diameter, stamped on heavy white linen. The design 
should be worked in satin-stitch, eyelets, and solid dots of 
back-stitch, in white. Stamped on linen, ready to work, this 
can be supplied for 85 cents, and the appropriate cottons 
can be sent for 40 cents extra. Transfer pattern, 15 cents. 



BUFFET -SCARF of 
white linen, No. 1015, 
to match the centerpiece 
No. 1014. This scarf is 
eighteen inches wide by 
fifty-two inches long, and 
is finished with button- 
holing on the edges. It 
can also be used as a 
bureau-scarf or on a serv- 
ing-table. Stamped on 
firm white linen, it can 
be supplied for 85 cents, 
and the cotton for work- 
ing will be sent for 35 
cents. Transfer pattern, 
15 cents. 



No. 1015— Buffet- or Bureau-Scarf 



THIS tea-cloth, No. 1062, 
of white linen is finished 
with blanket-stitch in blue, 
and embroidered in cross- 
stitch with blue and yellow 
cotton. It can be supplied, 
ready for work, with a 
diagram for placing the 
colors, for $1.25, and nap- 
kins for 25 cents each, or 
$1.30 for the set of six. 
Cotton for the tea-cloth will 
be 25 cents, and 35 cents 
for six napkins. A trans- 
fer for stamping the cloth 
and six napkins will be sent 
for 10 cents. 




No. 1062— Tea-Cloth and Napkins 



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Tea and Lunch Sets 




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No. 601 



SET of six 12-inch napkins. 
No. 601, may be procured to 
use with No. 600. These can be 
supplied stamped on tan linen 
for $1.00 or on white for $1.35, 
and cotton for either for 16 
cents extra. The hem may be 
rolled and finished with cross- 
whipping, or with over and over 
stitches worked close together, then a space 
of i-inch and another group of stitches. A 
transfer for 6 napkins is 15 cents. 

GRAPES are not only decorative, but most 
appropriate for embroidering a luncheon set, 
and No. 600 may be developed entirely in outline 
stitch in greens, browns and purples on tan 
linen, or in white on heavy white linen. If one 
prefers, . long-and-short-stitch may be used for 
the leaves, and the grapes may be done in solid 
work. This 36-inch square luncheon cloth stamped 
on tan linen can be supplied for $1.00, with 
colored cottons for developing in outline stitch 
for 32 cents extra. Stamped on heavy white 
linen, it can be supplied for $1.35; with white 
cotton for 32 cents. A transfer pattern is 15 cents. 



A LUNCHEON set embroidered in white 
on fine white linen makes a gift of 
real value which will not go out of style. 
Centerpiece No. 1034 is twenty-four inches 
in diameter and can be supplied, stamped 
ready for working on heavy linen for 60 
cents; cotton, 35 cents extra. A set of 
six plate-doilies, 10 inches in diameter, 
is included in No. 1035. which can be 
supplied for 75 cents, and cotton for 30 
cents extra. The six tumbler doilies, 
six inches in diameter, are included in No. 
1036 for 40 cents, with the necessary cot- 
ton for 24 cents. Transfer patterns Nos. 
1034, 1035 and 1036 are 10 cents each. 



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No. 600— A Lunch Cloth in Outline Stitch 





Nos. 1034, 1035, 1036— Centerpiece. Plate and Tumbler Doilies 



SO simple that it can be worked in a few 
hours is this 36-inch tea-cloth No. 1044. 
Stamped on excellent linen, it can be sup- 
plied for $1.25, and the necessary cotton, 
15 cents. The napkins, No. 1045, will be 
sent, stamped, for 25 cents each or $1.40 
for the set of six, and the cotton will be 
sent for 18 cents for the set. Each transfer 
pattern includes designs for stamping the 
corners with scalloping for finishing the 
edges of the pieces, for 10 cents. 



Nos. 1044, 1045— A Most Attractive Tea-Cloth With Napkins 



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Centerpieces in Color 




No. 1042— Effective and Easy to Work 

FOR the veranda or summer bungalow, table center- 
pieces of heavy tan linen, decorated in conventional 
designs, are most satisfactory. The tulips are worked 
in two rows of outline-stitch in pink, with the stems in 
yellow, which is also used for the dots. The long leaves 
are in dark green and the short leaves in light green. 
Centerpiece No. 1042, 36 inches in diameter, can be 
supplied, stamped on tan linen, for 75 cents, and cottons 
for working for 30 cents extra. Cluny lace for finishing 
the edge will be sent for 60 cents, and a transfer pat- 
tern for 10 cents. 



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No. 1025— For the Blue Bed-Room 

AN effective centerpiece for the hall, living-room 
- or blue bed-room is carried out with large 
flowers in satin-stitch in old-blue, with centers in 
yellow and small flowers in pink French knots. 
Centerpiece No. 1025 is 20 inches in diameter, and 
can be supplied, stamped on cream linen, for 35 
cents; with Cluny lace for edge for 35 cents, and 
working cotton for 25 cents. Transfer, 10 cents. 




-A Rose Design in Cross-stitch 

AS a between-meals mat on thedining-tableor 
• for the bedside-table, the 25-inch center- 
piece No. 603 will be very effective worked in 
colors in cross-stitch. The roses should be done 
in two shades of pink, the leaves in green, bow- 
knots in soft blue, and baskets in brown. The 
stamped linen can be supplied for $1.00, with 
cottons and diagram for placing the colors for 
54 cents extra. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



No. 1023 — An Aster Design in Thousand Flower-stitch 

CREAM-COLORED linen is used for this 22-inch center- 
piece No. 1023, which is embroidered in peasant-work 
in groups of asters. Shades of blue, red, orange and pur- 
ple are used for the flowers, with yellow for the centers. 
Stamped, it is 50 cents, and the necessary cottons will 
be sent for 40 cents. Sufficient Cluny lace will be in- 
cluded for 40 cents. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



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Centerpieces in White 




No. 1022 — Centerpiece or Between-MeaU Mat 



SUITABLE for either a tea-cloth or centerpiece, this 
24-inch design, No. 1022, may be developed either in 
eyelets, as illustrated, or in well-padded solid work. It 
can be supplied, stamped on white linen, for 60 cents, and 
cotton for working the design will be sent for 35 cents. 
A hot-iron transfer pattern will be sent for 10 cents. 



No. 605— Effective and Easy to Do 

A CENTERPIECE or between-meals mat, em- 
broidered in outline and uupadded solid work, 
is effective and very simple to do. No. 605 is 
20 inches in diameter and may be developed in 
blue, white, rose or yellow. Stamped on white 
linen, it is 50 cents, and cotton in white or a 
color can be supplied for 24 cents. Transfer 
pattern, 10 cents. 




No. 604 — A Beautiful Tea- or I.unch-Cloth 

A BEAUTIFUL design which may be devel- 
oped entirely in solid work or with the dots 
in eyelets is shown in No. 604. It is 36 inches 
in diameter, and the edge may be finished with 
a cord buttonholed to the material or with Cluny 
lace. Stamped on heavy white linen, it can be 
supplied for $1.35, and sufficient white cotton 
for 32 cents extra. A hot-iron transfer for stamp- 
ing your own material will be sent for 15 cents. 



No. 1010— A Design lor the Busy Woman 

SO very simple to embroider, yet so attractive is this 
centerpiece, No. 1010, that it is well worth while 
for the busy woman who cannot spend uncounted hours 
on needlework. It is 20 inches in diameter and can be 
supplied, stamped on excellent linen, for 40 cents. The 
necessary cotton will be sent for 20 cents. Transfer 
pattern for stamping your own material, 10 cents. 



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Tray- and Platter-Cloths 



JUST a little unusual is this tray-cloth, No. 
1019, pointed at the ends. It is large 
enough for a tea-tray of generous size, be- 
ing 17x25 inches. Developed in solid work, 
and well-padded shadow eyelets, the embroi- 
dery will not be difficult. It can be supplied, 
stamped on fine, heavy linen, for 55 cents, 
and enough cotton for working will be sent 
for 25 cents. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



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No. 1072— Tray-Cloth in Applique 



EMBROIDERED pieces of the style of No. 
1037 are appropriate for use either as tray- 
or platter-cloths, and the housekeeper can never 
have too many. This measures 12x18 inches 
and may be embroidered in eyelets, as illustrated, 
or entirely in solid-work, with the edge in but- 
tonholing. Stamped on white linen it is 35 cents, 
and the necessary cotton for working the design 
will be sent for 12 cents extra. A transfer pat- 
tern for stamping your own material, which may 
also be used on a lingerie pillow, is 10 cents. 




No. 1019— Tray- or Platter-Cloth 



DISTINCTLY new is this applique design, No. 
1072, on a tray-cloth of cream linen, mea- 
suring 16x32 inches. The three-leaved blos- 
soms are of tan linen appliqued with buttonhole 
stitches; the stems are done in outline-stitch 
with tan and the leaves in satin-stitch in white. 
Stamped material, with pieces for applique and 
cotton, will be sent for 70 cents; lace for the 
edge for 35 cents. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 





No. 510— A White Linen Cloth for the Tea-tray or Serving-table 



THIS may be used as a carving cloth, on 
the invalid's tray, as cover for the 
serving-table and in many cases where 
one needs a small white protector. This 
conventionalized shamrock design is of a 
type that will not go out of style. The 
scalloped edge and the outlines of the sham- 
rocks should first be padded firmly with 
stitches running lengthwise of the spaces, 
then worked with buttonhole-stitch. The 
leaves may be filled with lace stitches, or 
with woven linen braid that can be provided 
for 25 cents. This tray-cloth, No. 510, which 
is 16x24 inches, can be supplied, stamped on 
white linen, for 40 cents. Sufficient work- 
ing cotton will be sent for 20 cents extra. 







Useful Oval Pieces 



NO. 1020 — The simple flower design for 
an oval tray-cloth is very easy to 
embroider in French and eyelet work, and will 
also be appropriate as a platter-cloth. It 
measures 12x18 inches and can be supplied, 
stamped on firm linen of excellent quality, 
for 35 cents. Cotton for working the edge, 
the flowers and for padding will be sent 
for 15 cents, or a transfer pattern for 10 cents. 



No. 1020-Oval Cloth for the Tea-tray 



THERE are many times when an oval cloth 
fills a need for covering a pad for a vege- 
table dish or small platter, as well as on the 
oval tea-tray. The design No. 511 may be 
worked in eyelets and satin-stitch. Pad the 
edge firmly with outline or chain-stitch, run- 
ning lengthwise of the scallops, and cover with 
firm buttonholing so that the threads of the 
material will not fray after the piece is 
laundered. Stamped on white linen 12x18 
inches, this can be supplied for 35 cents, and 
working cotton will be sent for 15 cents extra. 




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No. 511— An Oval Cloth for the Tea-Tray 

SO simple that it can never go out of style is 
this cloth No. 1073, size 15^x21 inches. 
Embroidered in delft blue it would be appropri- 
ate for a tray, while in white it might be used as 
a carving cloth. The stamped white linen will be 
sent for 50 cents, with sufficient blue or white 
working cotton for 12 cents extra. Transfer 
pattern 10 cents. 



No. 1073-Embroidered in Delft Blue 




1009— For the Bread-tray 

THIS design, No. 1009. measures 6x12 
inches and can be supplied, stamped on 
linen, for 18 cents, or 3 transfers will be 
sent for 10 cents and sufficient working cotton 
for one doily for 10 cents. 



No. 1013-Oval Platter-Cloth 



AN oval tray cloth, No. 1013, of white linen, size 12x18 
- inches, with its unusual edge and design worked with 
heavy embroidery cotton. This can be supplied, stamped 
on firm white linen, for 35 cents, and sufficient white 
working cotton will be sent for 25 cents extra. The 
transfer pattern is 10 cents. 



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No. 1003 and No. 1004— Pin-cushion Cover with Dresser-scarf to Match 



THE Craftsman canvas table-runner, 
No. 1060, is attractive for use in a 
summer cottage or bungalow; for the 
veranda table; or it may be used as a 
between-meals mat. The design of 
jonquils at each end is darned into the 
canvas, using yellow rope floss for the 
flowers, green for the leaves and brown 
for the outlines. This runner, stamped 
on both ends, can be supplied for 75 
cents, and sufficient mercerized rope 
floss in yellow, brown and green, for 
completing the design, will be supplied 
for 25 cents. The transfer pattern, 
which may also be used on a pillow, will 
be sent for 10 cents. 



Bureau-Scarfs 



THE pin-cushion, No. 1003, which is 
7Jxl3£ inches when finished with 
an inch-wide hem, will be sent, stamped 
on linen, for 30 cents. The pink, blue 
and green cotton will be sent for 10 cents. 
Transfer pattern No. 1003 includes 
designs for the pin-cushion towel-end and 
dresser-scarf for 10 cents. 

The towel, No. 1004, which is 
16x27 inches, will be stamped on linen 
huckaback for 30 cents, and the cotton 
is 10 cents. 





No. 1060— Jonquil Runner 



A CHIFFONIER-COVER, 
No. 1026, to match bureau- 
cover No. 1027, is of art linen, 
17x34 inches, embroidered in 
little pompadour sprays in soft 
pinks and greens. The front 
edges may be cut to fit the edge 
of the chiffonier or bureau, and 
ring tatting made of coarse 
cotton is used as a finish. 
Stamped for working, 50 cents; 
and cotton for working, 12 
cents extra. 



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No. 1026— Chiffonier Cover in Pompadour Roses 



A BUREAU-COVER, No. 
1027, to match the 
chiffonier- cover, is 21x42 
inches, and may be cut to 
fit the bureau outline. 
Stamped, it can be supplied 
for 55 cents; with cotton 
for working at 12 cents. 
Transfer pattern No. 1027T 
includes sprays for both 
pieces, and may be adapted 
to cushion - covers, table- 
covers, bed - spreads and 
other pieces in the bed- 
room set, 10 cents. 




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No. 1057— For Baby's Pillow 

A PRACTICAL gift for the invalid or new baby is a 
-fi- pillow cover of fine lawn finished with hand embroi- 
dery. No. 1057 is very simple to do in solid work, and 
the stamped material with or without an initial (state 
initial when ordering) can be supplied for 35 cents. 
Sufficient cotton for developing the design will be sent 
for 12 cents extra. The transfer pattern, which includes 
designs for two cases, will be sent for 10 cents. 



No. 1006— A Cover for the Ba1»a« 

TF you filled balsam pillows while on your 
1 summer outings, No. 1006 will be an appro- 
priate cover for the one you intend as a gift. 
Stamped on heavy art crash, it can be em- 
broidered in outline and darning-stitches, in an 
afternoon. No. 1006, which is 13x18 inches, 
can be supplied for 30 cents, with the working 
cotton for 15 cents. Transfer pattern 10 cents. 



TIGHT weight, natural colored Russian crash 
-L^ is used for the hammock pillow. No. 1059, 
which is embroidered in lazy-daisy-stitch. 
The initial is done in outline-stitch, also the 
frame. The cover is held together at each end 
by outline-stitch, and cross-stitch overcasting 
finishes the ends. This design, stamped with 
any desired initial, can be sent for 50 cents, 
and sufficient cotton will be supplied for 15 
cents. Transfer pattern 10 cents. 




No. 1007- Chair-Pillow 



WE have chosen pongee-colored Irish 
poplin for pillow-cover No. 1007. The 
rambler roses are worked in three shades of 
rope silk, using the darkest for the large 
center knots, and the lighter shades for the 
long stitches which form the petals. This 
design, stamped with enough extra material 
for the frill, can be supplied for 60 cents, and 
the necessary silk for working will be sent 
for 50 cents extra. Transfer pattern, which 
is also suitable for a bag, 10 cents. 



No. 1052— A Baby Pillow of Fine 



rpHE flower sprays in No. 1052 are to be embroidered in 
-L solid and eyelet work and the edge of the pillow is fin- 
ished with buttonhole scallops. The front and back sections 
are joined at the line of hemstitching, or outline-stitch may 
be used for this purpose. The back should be made in two 
pieces with hems running across the narrow width of the 
pillow, to overlap each other and fasten with buttons and 
buttonholes. The lawn stamped ready for embroidery will 
be sent on receipt of 30 cents, and cotton for working for 
9 cents extra. The lace for inserting in the upper corners 
will be sent for 15 cents. A transfer pattern for stamping 
the design on your own material can be ordered for 10 cents. 



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No. 615-Clover Design for Pillow or Tray 







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No. 613 Grape Design for Pillow, Tray or Mat 

FRENCH KNOTS, outline-stitch, and solid work 
are combined in developing design No. 615, 
shown at the left. This may be done in white on 
lawn, or in pinks and soft green on a pillow-cover 
of natural linen. Stamped on lawn, 18x15 inches, 
with back, it can be supplied for 35 cents, or on 
natural linen, 55 cents; with necessary cottons, 
12 cents extra. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



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613, shown above, mea- 
and may be developed 
in outline and applique for a tray, pillow or, 
with a wide border and hem of linen, for a be- 
tween-meals mat. Stamped on linen colored pop- 
lin, 16x24 inches, with back, it can be supplied 
for 75 cents; with purple linen for applique, for 
15 cents extra, and purple, green and brown cot- 
tons, for 22 cents. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



No. 1008— A Pillow-Slip (or Baby's Crib 

A CASE for baby's pillow, which measures 17x11 
inches, is finished on the end with a pretty 
scalloped border. Sufficient linen for the pillow- 
ease, No. 1008, stamped ready for working, will be 
sent for 40 cents, and working cotton for 5 cents. 
The transfer pattern includes border for stamping 
two cases for 10 cents. 

PILLOW-CASES embroidered with a simple design 
and the initial or monogram of the bride will be 
very welcome, and No. 1038 can be supplied, stamped 
on the best muslin, 45x36 inches, for 40 cents each, 
while the working cotton will be sent for 18 cents 
extra. Transfer pattern, including designs for two 
cases, can be adapted to top-sheet to match, 10 cents. 




No. 614 — Lawo Protector for Down Puff, Quilt or Comforter 



THE problem of keeping the top of the unwashable 
down puff or wool comforter clean is solved by the 
protector No. 614. This is stamped on lawn, 72x18 
inches, and should be hemmed on each edge. The morn- 



ing glory design may be worked in outline-stitch, alone or 
combined with seeding. Stamped material can be sup- 
plied for 50 cents, cottons for 15 cents, or a transfer pat- 
tern which may be adapted to a top-sheet, for 10 cents. 



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Towels, Pillow-Cases and Bureau-Scarfs 




No. 618— To be Worked in White or Colors 

A CHARMING design for a guest towel or bureau- 
scarf, to be developed in French knots, outline 
and solid work in white or colors. Stamped on 15- 
inch wide fine huckaback, No. 618 can be supplied 
for 50 cents, with white or colored cottons for 12 
cents extra. The pattern includes transfers for 
both ends of two towels for 10 cents. 



No. 619 — For French Knots, Outline and Lazy-Daisy 
Stitches 

THE pretty little baskets in No. 619 may be de- 
veloped in white or colors, and are adaptable to a 
set of dressing-table cases and covers. Stamped on 
15-inch wide fine huckaback, No. 619 can be supplied 
for 50 cents, with working cotton for 12 cents extra. 
The pattern includes transfers for both ends of two 
towels (six baskets), for 10 cents. 



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No. 616 — For Towels and Pillow-Cases 

PRETTY and easy to embroider is No. 616, which 
may be developed in solid work alone or combined 
with eyelets. Stamped on a fine huckaback towel 
22x38 inches, this can be supplied for 75 cents, with 
working cotton for 12 cents extra. The transfer 
pattern includes both ends of two towels, 10 cents. 



No. 617— For Solid or Eyelet Embroidery 

VERY simple yet decorative is design No. 617, 
which may be used on pillow-cases, towels or a 
bureau-scarf. Stamped on fine huckaback, 22x38 
inches, this can be supplied for 75 cents, with cotton 
for 12 cents extra. The transfer pattern includes 
designs for both ends of two towels 22 inches wide, 
10 cents. 




No. 620 — A Conventional Design 

VERY beautiful is the conventional design,. No. 
620, developed in eyelets on a towel or lingerie 
pillow-cover. Stamped on 15-inch wide fine hucka- 
back, it will be 50 cents, with cotton for 12 cents 
extra. The pattern includes transfers for both ends 
of two towels or a tray cloth, for 10 cents. 



No. 621 — To be Developed in Outline with Darning 

THE tulips in No. 621 may be embroidered in out- 
line-stitch in white or in outline and darning in 
colors. Stamped on huckaback, 15x27 inches, this 
can be sent for 50 cents, with white or colored cotton 
for 15 cents extra. The pattern includes transfers 
for stamping both ends of two towels for 10 cents. 




No. 622— A Beautiful Bureau-Scarf to be done in Solid or Eyelet Work 

EITHER eyelets or solid embroidery may be em- or serving table cover, and stamped on linen, 17x51 
ployed in working the dots in No. 622. This de- inches, can be supplied for 85 cents with suitable cot- 
sign for a bureau-scarf may be used on a sideboard tons for 40 cents extra. The transfer is 15 cents. 



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Gift Towels 



Worked in Lazy-Daisy and Wallachian Stitch 



THIS guest towel, No. 1039, is exceptionally easy to 
embroider. The ends are to be finished with hem- 
stitching, and the wreaths are developed in lazy-daisy 
stitch, in pink or blue cotton. Stamped on linen hucka- 
back, 14x27 inches, these towels can be supplied for 
40 cents each, and cotton will be sent for 6 cents. A 
transfer pattern for stamping four towels, which may 
be adapted to a bureau scarf, pillow, runner or lingerie, 
will be sent for 10 cents. 



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No. 1046 For the Small Guest 

THIS jolly towel for the nursery guest, No. 
1046, may be worked in cross-stitch, using 
light blue for the blouses of the little boys at 
each end; dark blue for their trousers, with shoes 
and caps in tan. The "rough rider" in the cen- 
ter has red cap and blouse and yellow trousers. 
Stamped on fine linen huck, 15x27 inches, 50 
cents; sufficient cotton for working, 15 cents. 
Transfers for stamping 4 towels, bibs or aprons, 
10 cents. 




No. 514 A Pretty Border in Darned Work and Outline 




No. 1074— An Initial or Monogram may be added 
to this Design 

NO housekeeper ever had too many guest 
towels, and No. 1074 is an exceptionally 
pretty design developed in barred eyelets, 
solid work and buttonholing. The stamped 
linen huckaback, 15x28 inches, will be sent 
for 50 cents, and cotton for working, for 9 
cents. A transfer for stamping two 15-inch 
towels or pillow cases or one 22-inch towel, on 
your own material, will be sent for 10 cents. 



GUEST towels are among those little lux- 
uries that the busy housekeeper seldom 
has time to make for herself, so she is espe- 
cially delighted when they come to her as gifts. 
This pretty flower design, No. 514, is dainty 
and distinctive, as well as being very easy for 
even the amateur needleworker to embroider, 
for it is done in outline stitch and darning 
with French knots in the flower-centers. 

This transfer pattern might also be adapted 
to the ends of a bureau-scarf, runner, a cover 
for the night-stand or the ends of a tuck-in 
pillow cover, for it includes 4 strips, each 18 
inches long. Towels 18 inches wide by 28 inches 
long of fine linen huckaback, stamped ready 
for working, can be supplied for 40 cents each, 
and sufficient blue working cotton will be sent 
for 15 cents extra. 







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No. 1066— A Satisfactory Finish for Towels and Pillow Cases 

THIS design, No. 1066, is distinctive and can be supplied, 
stamped on fine linen huckaback, 15x28 inches, with any 
three letters, for 50 cents. A transfer pattern for two towels 
will be supplied for 10 cents, while a transfer for stamping a 
towel on 22-inch huckaback can be sent for the same price. This 
is such an attractive monogram that our readers will be glad 
to have it for marking sets of household linen, and 6 of these 
monogram forms, with 6 transfers of any three letters, can be 
supplied for 10 cents. Working cotton for one towel is 10 cents. 



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Initials and 

Alphabets 



No. Ml Old English Initials 



OLD English letters are always good form for 
marking any household linens and never go 
out of style. Pattern No. 631 includes 37 trans- 
fers of any one letter: one 6-inch, six 4-inch, six 
3-inch, twelve 2-inch, twelve 1-inch for 10 cents. 
Direction for placing, correct usage and for em- 
broidering these letters are given on page 28. 




No. 632— Japanese Alphabet 



THE so-called Japanese letters are very popular for 
marking gifts, bags, cases for toilet articles, traveling 
cases and novelties. Pattern No. 632 includes a complete 
alphabet in either the 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-inch size for 10 cents. 





1041— Script Alphabet, or 
No. 623, Initials 

FOR marking gift linens in separate 
initials or in 2- or 3-letter mono- 
grams, No. 1041 is a most practical 
transfer pattern, as it includes the 
complete alphabet. The letters can 
easily be placed to form monograms, 
and this style is appropriate for any 
use. Transfer patterns of complete 
alphabets can be supplied in 3J-, 2J-, 
1- and J-inch sizes for 10 cents each. 
No. 623 includes 37 transfers of any 
one initial in this style: one transfer 
6-inch, six transfers 3£-inch, six 
transfers 2 J-inch, twelve of the 1-inch 
and twelve J-inch size for 10 cents. 



Nos. 624. 625, 626 For Household 
Linens 

THE block letters in pattern 
No. 624 can be ordered in 
a complete alphabet in either 1-, 
2-, 3- or 4-inch size for 10 cents. 
No. 625 includes 6 transfers of 
any 3 letters in any of these 
sizes, with 6 wreaths of correct 
size for enclosing them, for 10 
cents. No. 626 includes 37 trans- 
fers of any one initial in this 
plain block style: one 6-inch, six 
3£-inch, six 2|-inch, twelve 1- 
inch and twelve J-inch size. 



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No. 627— Wreath for 1-inch Letters 

A PRETTY wreath-enclosed mono- 
"• gram gives individuality to any 
gift. No. 627 is suitable for en- 
closing 1-inch letters of any style 

i underwear, baby's covers and 
cases, on towels, bureau-scarfs, pin- 
cushion covers and bags. The trans- 
fer pattern includes 12 transfers of 
the wreath, which measures 4Jx2J 
inches, for 10 cents. 





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No. 630 Wreath for 1, 2 or 3-inch Letters 

THE pretty wreath No. 630 is suit- 
able for enclosing initials on bed- 
room linens and cases. Made in , 
sizes to enclose three 1-, 2- or 3-inch 
letters, the pattern includes six 
transfers of each for 10 cents. 



THE basket motif No. 629 is 
4x3| inches and may be de- 
veloped in white or colors on 
bags, cases, towels, bureau-scarfs, 
dresses, evening scarfs, theatre 
bags and many novelties; 12 
transfers of the design 10 cents. 



No. 628— Wreaths for 2 or 3-inch Letters 

ON many pieces of linen, such 
as sheets, pillow-cases, tray- 
cloths, a monogram enclosed by a 
wreath is the only decoration neces- 
sary. No. 628 includes 12 transfers 
of the wreath in sizes suitable for 
enclosing three overlapped 2- or 3- 
inch script letters, for 10 cents. 



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For Little Folk 




No. 1012 — A Smart Pique Frock 

THIS child's one-piece dress, No. 1012, of white pique, 
comes in either of two sizes — 1 to 3 years or 3 to 5 
years. The embroidery may be done with delft blue or 
white cotton. Stamped ready for working, it can be 
supplied for 75 cents, and the necessary cotton will be 
sent for 12 cents extra. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



FOR a little summer sacque, fine pique is an 
ideal fabric, and this little one-piece gar- 
ment, No. 1049, embroidered in conventional 
wild roses, is quite unusual. The cutting out- 
line is included in the pattern. The stamped 
pique will be sent on receipt of price, 50 cents. 
Sufficient cotton can be provided for 12 cents 
extra, or a transfer pattern for 10 cents. 




No. 1058— A Distinctive Kimono Dress 

THIS is of white nainsook embroidered in little flower 
clusters in solid work, and the material stamped 
for working No. 1058, in sizes 3 to 5 years, will be sent 
for 80 cents. Sufficient white embroidery cotton will 
be sent for 18 cents extra, or a transfer pattern, which 
includes the dress outline, will be sent for 15 cents. 



For Wee Son or Daughter 

A LITTLE dress for the 2- or 3-year old can be 
ordered stamped on either pink or blue Irish 
poplin or white pique for 75 cents. The neck and 
sleeves of No. 1051 are finished with buttonhole scal- 
lops and the flowers embroidered in solid work. The 
working cotton in pink, blue or white, will be sent 
for 12 cents extra, or a transfer pattern for 10 cents. 



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. 611— A Winter Carriage-Cover 

A WARM winter carriage-cover may be lined or un- 
lined, and bound with 4-inch satin ribbon. No. 611 
can be supplied, stamped with the rose sprays for cross- 
stitch, on eiderdown for $1.35, or on wool for$1.35, with 
diagram for placing colors. Cotton for working rose 
sprays, 16 cents extra. Transfer pattern for 
sprays, 10 
cents. £"~ 





No. 1068— A Dainty Bib of Handkerchief Linen 

A MOST acceptable gift for the baby is this bib of 
handkerchief linen embroidered in solid work. 
A pad of quilted cotton J-inch smaller should be worn 
under it. Stamped linen can be supplied for 35 cents 
and cotton for 6 cents. A transfer pattern is 10 cents. 




No. 1050— Pique Slippers for Baby 

LITTLE washable slippers for the baby are very 
I easy to make. No. 1050 come stamped on 
white pique for 15 cents. This includes the cutting 
outline and also the outline for the soles. The em- 
broidery cotton will be sent for 6 cents extra. A 
transfer pattern, which also includes the cutting 
outline, will be sent for 10 cents. 




No. S13-A Jolly Bib and Tray-Cloth for Baby 

rpHE bib and tray-cloth of art linen in No. 513 
-I- are decorated in cross-stitch with little ducks. 
Each piece measures 10x16 inches. The set of 
bib and tray-cloth, stamped with cutting outlines, 
can be supplied for 40 cents. The thread will be 
sent for 20 cents extra. Transfer pattern 10 cents. 




INCLUDING the turn-over flap at the top, No. 
1018 measures 27x45 inches and can be supplied, 
ready for working, for 75 cents. The necessary cotton 
will be sent for 30 cents. Transfer pattern, 15 cents. 



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No. 1048— A Sunbonnet lor the 
Two-Year Old 

THE little girl who is too old 
to wear a bonnet and not 
quite old enough to wear a hat 
will be just suited with a little 
pique sunbonnet such as No. 
1048. The crown is edged 
with buttonhole scallops and 
buttons to the brim, so that it 
can be removed and laundered 
flat. This will be sent stamped 
on pique for 30 cents, and 
lawn for the strings, for 8 
cents extra. Cotton for work- 
ing can be ordered for 12 
cents, or a transfer pattern 
for 10 cents. 



No. 1011— A Winter Bonnet 
for Baby 

IT is something of a problem 
to find a winter bonnet for 
baby that is warm, yet not 
clumsy and ugly. This little 
cap of white cashmere solves 
the problem. In very cold 
weather a little Shetland wool 
cap may be worn inside. 
Stamped on fine white wool 
cashmere. No. 1011 can be 
supplied for 50 cents, and suf- 
ficient pink, blue or white silk 
for working will be sent for 
15 cents extra. Transfer, with 
cutting outline, 10 cents. 




1053— Bib in Cross- 
Stitch 



THE christening dress should be of the 
very finest of batiste or handkerchief 
linen, and dainty sprays of fine hand 
embroidery will be the most appropriate 
trimming. The panel design No. 612 
may be used on the front of this dress, 
with the small panels on the sleeves. 
Transfer pattern 10 cents. 

NO. 1053 — Bibs are always acceptable 
gifts for the new baby, and one could 

hardly find a more attractive one than 

this, made of soft pique embroidered in 

tiny rose clusters in 

cross-stitch. It will be 

sent stamped, ready for 
working, for 15 cents, and the necessary cotton 
for the cross-stitch and the buttonholed edge 
for 9 cents extra. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



MADE of the finest of white wool 
cashmere, No. 509 can be easi- 
ly laundered. If you wish to line 
this little kimono with pink or white 
China silk, baste the lining to the 
cashmere on the line of the scallop- 
ing after working the sprays. Pad 
the scallops slightly with running- 
stitches and work in close, firm 
buttonhole-stitch. This kimono, 
stamped on fine white wool cash- 
mere, can be supplied for 85 cents, 
and sufficient embroidery silk for 
working for 40 cents extra. Trans- 
fer, with cutting outline, 10 cents. 










No. 611 — Yoke and Sprays for Baby's Dress 

A TRANSFER pattern No. 611 can be 
supplied for 10 cents. The sprays 
may be placed at the top of the hem or 
on cuffs and panel. 



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No. 612 — Panel Design for Infant's Dress 




No. SO') A Dainty Little Cashmere Sack for Baby 



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Chemise-tops, Corset-covers 
and Combination Garments 



No. 1031 — Envelope Chemise that is Dainty 
and Simple 

THE envelope chemise is so easy to make, 
to launder, and at the same time so eco- 
nomical and attractive, that it has become 
the popular style of combination garment. 
This chemise, No. 1031. may be cut by M:iy 
Manton pattern No. 8045, and the edges are 
to be finished with firmly-worked button- 
hole stitch, while the dainty little flower 
design in solid work makes sufficient deco- 
ration. Stamped on fine nainsook, this 
chemise can be supplied for $1.00, and 
sufficient cotton for working will be sent 
for 18 cents extra. The transfer pattern 
for stamping the design is 10 cents. 




No. 1031 — Showing the Detail of the Design for Chemise-top 




No. 1069 — A Pretty Top for Chemise or Corset-cover 

THIS dainty chemise or corset-cover is embroidered in French 
and eyelet work. Stamped on fine nainsook, the chemise 
No. 1069 can be supplied, ready for working, for $1.00, while 
the same design, stamped on a corset-cover, will be sent for 
40 cents. Cotton for working either is 9 cents extra. 




No. 608 Scalloped Border for Petticoat Ruffles 

AN effective scalloped border, such as No. 608, 
- is quite the prettiest and most effective way 
of finishing a petticoat. This is 3 inches wide, 
and may also be used on drawers, negligees, 
children's dresses, sheets, pillow-cas^s, towels 
and other household linens. The transfer 
pattern includes 3 yards for 10 cents. 



No. 1070— Drawers to Match Chemise or Corset-cover No. 1069 

NAINSOOK drawers No. 1070, stamped to match the 
chemise, will be sent for $1.00, ami cotton for work- 
ing for 9 cents. A transfer pattern for stamping either 
the drawers or chemise on your own material will be sent 
for 10 cents. 



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New Lingerie 
Suggestions 

SUCH an unusual and attractive nightgown 
as No. 1040 will be welcome to any girl. 
It is very easy to embroider, for the scalloped 
edge can be padded with a white string and the 
little flower sprays are done in outline and 
unpadded solid work. Stamped on very fine 
nainsook, it can be supplied for $1.25, including 
3| yards of material, and working cotton will 
be sent for 12 cents. Transfer pattern with 
cutting outline, 15 cents. 



An Unusual Nightgown Design 



IT would be difficult to think of a pret- 
tier gift for the girl who is making a 
trousseau than nightgown No. 1007, 
embroidered in fine little bunches of 
daisies and Richelieu cut- work, for which 
over-and-over-stitch may be substituted. 
Three and one-half yards of fine nain- 
sook, stamped ready for embroidery, 
can be supplied for $1.25, and sufficient 
working cotton will be sent for 15 cents. 
Transfer pattern, 15 cents. 





No. 1032— A New and Practical Corset Cover 




No, 1054 — Scallops for Finishing Petticoats, 
Envelope Combination and Drawers Ruffles 

ipMBROlDERED scalloping is perhaps the most 
J-J satisfactory, as well as the most economical 
trimming for infants' garments, underwear and 
negligees. Transfer pattern No. 1054 includes 3 
designs, and 3 yards of each design, with instruc- 
tions for stamping scallops on a curved edge. It 
will be sent for 10 cents. 



No. 1007 — Unusual Yet Easy to Accomplish 

SIMPLE and practical is the cross-over corset- 
cover No. 1032, finished in buttonhole scallops 
and trimmed with a dainty wild rose design in solid 
embroidery and outline-stitch. Stamped on fine 
nainsook, it can be supplied for 45 cents, while the 
necessary cotton will be sent for 1 2 cents, and a trans- 
fer pattern with cutting outline, for 10 cents. 




No. 602 — Sprays for Combination, 
Nightgown, and Children's Dresses 

LITTLE sprays and bow-knots embroidered in 
I solid work make a most inexpensive and 
yet a distinctive trimming for lingerie and child- 
ren's clothes. Transfer pattern No. 602 includes 
2 each of the larger sprays, and 6 of the smaller 
sprays for 10 cents. 



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No. 1080— May be Embroidered in an Afternoon 

THIS is of fine lawn finished with Valenciennes 
lace. The lawn for No. 1080. stamped for 
working with cutting outline, can be supplied for 
25 cents, cotton for 6 cents. Lace for the edge 
for 30 cents, transfer pattern for 10 cents. 



No. 1065— For Cooking Sunday Night Supper 



THIS rather elaborate-looking apron, No. 1065, is in reality quite 
simple to embroider, for the flowers are large and done in un- 
padded over-and-over-stitch, with heavy, soft cotton. Stamped on 
lawn, with outline for cutting, it can be supplied for 40 cents, and 
cotton for working for 27 cents extra. Transfer pattern 10 cents. 




No. 606— Sewing Apron 

NO. 606, embroidered in daisy 
sprays, may be finished with 
Valenciennes lace. Stamped on 
lawn, 25 cents; with cotton, 6» 
cents extra. Transfer, 10 cents. 



No. 607— Embroidery Apron 



NO. 607 may be worked in 
white or pink. Stamped Ion 
lawn, 25 cents, with necessary 
cotton for 6 cents extra. Trans- 
fer pattern 10 cents. 




No. 1006— A Pretty Chafing-Dish Apron 

THIS dainty apron, stamped on white 
lawn, can be supplied for 35 cents, 
ami sufficient working cotton will be sent 
for 20 cents extra. Transfer 10 cents. 



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No. 1001 — Normandie Cap, and No. 1002 Breakfast Jacket 



A BECOMING bou- 
doir cap, em- 
broidered in lazy- 
daisies and edged 
with Valenciennes, is 
illustrated in No. 
1079. Stamped on 
white lawn, it can 
be supplied for 18 
cents; with sufficient 
pink or blue cotton 
for 6 cents extra, 
and lace for the edge 
for 25 cents. Trans- 
fer, with cutting 
outline, 10 cents. 




No. 1079 Lawn Boudoir Cap 



THE becoming Normandie breakfast cap No. 
1001 is embroidered in pink flowers and deli- 
cate green leaves, in French knots and lazy-daisy- 
stitch on lawn. The design stamped on lawn 
with the cutting outline for the cap can be sup- 
plied for 30 cents, the cotton for working for 10 
cents extra. The one-piece breakfast jacket, 
No. 1002, is decorated with the same flowers. 
Stamped with the cutting outline in medium size 
on 2£ yards of white cotton crepe, 75 cents. Cotton 
25 cents extra. Each transfer pattern 10 cents. 





No. 1078 — Bedroom Slippers, Inexpensive to Make 

THESE are embroidered in unpadded solid 
work on mercerized poplin. Stamped with 
cutting outline in small, medium or large size, 
on pink, blue or white poplin, No. 1078 can 
be supplied for 25 cents. Cotton for working, 
4 cents, or a transfer pattern for 10 cents. 



No. 1061 — A Pretty, Short Negligee of Lawn 

NO. 1061 — A little combing jacket or short negli- 
gee of lawn is embroidered with small clusters 
of flowers in Wallachian-stitch, with the stems in 
outline and the leaves in lazy-daisy-stitch in green. 
The edge of this jacket is finished by overcasting in 
cross-stitch. Stamped on lawn, this can be sup- 
plied for 50 cents, with sufficient working cotton 
for 18 cents extra. A transfer pattern for stamp- 
ing your own material will be sent for 10 cents. 




Boudoir Mules of Pique 



DAINTY boudoir "mules" may be made by sew- 
ing these embroidered tops to the slipper-soles, 
which may be found in any size in any department 
store. The pretty wreaths are worked by using 
lazy-daisy-stitch in pink or blue, with green leaves. 
The white pique tops, No. 1033, stamped for work- 
ing, are 10 cents; sufficient cotton will be sent for 
6 cents, or a transfer pattern for 10 cents. 



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AVERY beautiful 
collar and cuff set, 
suitable to wear with a 
dress of velvet or silk, 
and of a shape which 
will notgooutof style, is 
shown in No. 610. The 
edge may be finished 
with lace braid or fine 
picot crochet. Fine net 
with the design can be 
supplied for 75 cents, 
and stamped lawn for 
applique for 15 cents; 
necessary cotton for 6 
cents, or a transfer 
pattern for 10 cents. 




AN embroidered collar or guimpe of lawn or linen 
- is the only necessary trimming for many a 
pretty girlish frock of serge. No. 609 includes 
transfers for stamping collar, cuffs or sleeves and 
fronts, for 10 cents. 



B C D 

A Washable Ties 

THAT ever perplexing problem of what to 
give the men of the family may be solved 
by making white madras ties such as these. 
The transfer pattern includes designs for 
stamping four ties. A, B, C, D, ready- 
stamped on madras with cotton for working, 
will be supplied for 25 cents each. 




No. 1021 -A Pique Chemisette 

THIS chemisette is of white pique. 
No. 1021 can be supplied, stamped ready 
for working, for 35 cents, m and cotton 
for 10 cents. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 




THE design, No. 1056, for a little girl's coat or dress collar, is 
carried out in eyelet and satin-stitch on white linen. Ecru 
linen can be supplied if preferred. The design, stamped, 25 cents; 
with working cotton, for 12 cents. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



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Christmas or Graduation Gifts 




No. 633— A Bag to Carry With ihe 
Blue Costume 



A ROOMY work-bag is most 
convenient, and this double 
bag, 12x16 inches, will hold a 
large piece of fancy-work and 
necessary accessories. It is 
stamped on tan art crash with 
a design of mayflowers to be 
worked in pinks with their 
leaves in greens. The bumble- 
bees should be carried out in 
black and yellow. Stamped for 
working, No. 1024, with linen 
for back, can be supplied for 
50 cents; with necessary work- 
ing cotton for 15 cents. Trans- 
fer pattern, 10 cents. 



A DISTINCTIVE BAG to 
carry with a summer 
suit or dress is shown in No. 
633. This is embroidered 
in French knots and solid 
work in several shades of 
dull blue on blue Japanese 
crepe, and can be supplied, 
stamped, for 25 cents, with 
correct cottons for 12 cents 
extra. The design would 
be charming carried out 
in oilUo and beads on a 
winter bag of gray or dull 
blue silk. The size of the 
finished bag is 7x10 inches, 
and the material is 18x10 
inches. Hot-iron transfer 
pattern, 10 cents. 





No. 1064 — Boudoir Cap 

THIS is made with a full 
crown, embroidered and 
inset with lace insertion. 
Small embroidered and lace- 
edged triangles turn back from 
the face, giving the becoming 
Dutch effect, and a frill of deep 
lace edges the back. The 
stamped lawn for No. 1064, with 
cutting outline, can be supplied 
for 20 cents, while sufficient 
cotton will be sent for 12 cents 
extra; Valenciennes lace for 
finishing the edge, for 35 cents; 
insertion for the crown, for 15 
cents; and deeper lace edging 
for the frill at the back, for 15 
cents. The hot-iron transfer 
pattern is 10 cents. 



No. 1024-A Roomy Work Bag 




Nos. 1030, 1028, 1029— Three Tiny Hanging Pin-cushions 



A5x5-inch pin- 
cushion cover, 
No. 1030, stamped on 
handkerchief linen, 15 
cents; cotton 3 cents, 
and lace for finishing 
edge, 12 cents extra. 



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4x6 inches, stamped, 15 cents; 
cotton 3 cents, and lace 12 cents. 
Transfer pattern No. 1028T in- 
cludes the three cushion designs 
for 10 cents. 



5 inches in diameter, 
stamped on handkerchief 
linen, 15 cents; cotton 3 
cents, and lace for finish- 
ing the edge, 12 cents. 



No. 634— Little Orange 
Tree Motifs 

THE little orange tree 
motifs in pattern No. 
634 are 4 inches high 
and suitable for decorat- 
ing bags for the theatre, 
work-bags, runners, ad- 
dress book-covers, book- 
ends and many novel- 
ties in solid or outline 
embroidery. The trans- 
fer pattern includes 12 
hot-iron transfers of 
the motif for 10 cents. 



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No. 1063— A Nightgown Case lor the Traveler 



THIS dainty little envelope-shaped case for a night- 
dress is of fine white pique, embroidered in eyelet 
and solid work, in white. Stamped on white pique. 
No. 1063 can be supplied for 75 cents, and sufficient 
cotton for completing the case will be sent for 27 
cents. A transfer pattern can be supplied for 10 cents. 




No. 1043 — For Brush and Comb, Gloves or Neckwear 

A DAINTY brush- and comb-case for the bride is 
made envelope-fashion. No. 1043 is worked in 
over-and-over-stitch on fine white linen, and can be 
supplied stamped, for 25 cents. Cotton will be 6 cents 
extra. The transfer pattern might be adapted to a lin- 
gerie pillow or underwear, and will be sent for 10 cents. 



No. 1067-For Gloves, Neckwear or Handkerchief* 



HPHIS washable case for handkerchiefs or gloves, 
-L No. 1067, will be welcome to anyone away from 
home. It is embroidered in French and eyelet work 
on white linen, and can be supplied, stamped, ready 
for working, for 40 cents, with cotton for 6 cents. 
Transfer pattern with cutting outline is 10 cents. 







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No. 512 A Washable Pincushion Cover 




No. 1076 — A Roll for Centerpieces 



SUCH a dainty pincushion cover as No. 512 might 
be found in a French shop, but is simple to em- 
broider. Made of handkerchief linen, 7x14 inches, 
the upper and under parts can be supplied ready 
stamped for 35 cents, with sufficient working cotton 
for 10 cents. An initial or monogram will give indi- 
viduality to any gift. Transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



AROUND doily 
cover, such as 
No. 1077, is the easi- 
est way to keep 
small pieces smooth. 
It should be mounted 
over stiff card-board 
and lined. Stamped 
on white pique with 
any initial, can be 
supplied for25cents. 
Cotton for working, 
3 cents, or transfer 




A ROLL covered daintily is the most satisfactory case 
for keeping centerpieces smooth. No. 1076, stamped 
on fine pique with any initial, can be supplied for 75 
cents, with sufficient cotton for 9 cents, or a transfer No. 1077— To Keep Doilies Smooth 10 cents 
pattern for 10 cents. 

DAINTY and so easily 
laundered that it can be 
always fresh is this dressing- 
table set, No. 1075, consist- 
ing of pincushion cover, can- 
dle-shade, talcum powder box 
cover and powder puff case. 
The edges may be finished 
with tiny rolled hems, secured 
by cross whipping, or in cro- 
chet picot or blanket button- 
holing. Stamped on white 
lawn with cutting outlines, 
this entire set can be supplied 
for 40 cents, with sufficient 
working cotton for 9 cents 
extra, or a transfer pattern 
for stamping your own ma- 
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Scalloped Borders for Trimmings 

No. 635— For Finishing Infants' Garments No. 636— Suitable for Underwear and Children's Clothes 

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No. 635— For Babies' Petticoats and Sacks 

TWO narrow scalloped borders for finishing infants' 
garments «"•" inHnrW m JNo. 635. The plain 
scallop is J-inch long and J-inch deep; the rose scal- 
lop |-inch long and J-inch deep; 3 yards of each 
border and 4 corners for each are included in the 
transfer pattern for 10 cents. 




No. 636 — A Pretty Trimming for a Little Girl's Dress 

THE scalloped borders in No. 636 are suitable for 
embroidering underwear, neckwear, children's 
dresses, napkins, guest towels and other small house- 
hold linens. The plain scallop is f-inch wide and §- 
inch deep; the dotted scallop, f-inch wide and |-inch 
deep; 3 yards and 4 corners of each, 10 cents, 



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No. 637— For Little Negligees and Petticoats 




No. 637— Pretty for Neckwear and Children's Dresses 



PRETTY enough to form the only trimming for 
neckwear, underwear, negligees or children's 
dresses are the scalloped borders in No. 637. The 
leaf design is f-inch deep, and the spray scallop is the 
same depth; 3 yards and 4 corners of each, 10 cents. 




No. 638 — Suitable on Neckwear and Lingerie 

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No. 638 — A Dainty Trimming for Underwear 

THE flowered borders in No. 638 are appropriate 
for embroidering neckwear, lingerie, infants' 
garments and children's clothes. The forget-me-not 
design is J-inch deep, and the daisy design, 1 inch 
deep; 3 yards and 4 corners of each, 10 cents. 




No. 639 — Suitable for Household Linens 

A PRACTICAL scallop for finishing sheets, towels, 
pillow-cases, table-cloths and all large household 
linens is shown in No. 639. This scallop is 2J inches 
long and 1 inch deep; 6 yards and 4 corners in the 
transfer pattern for 10 cents. 



No. 640 — Appropriate on Towels, Sheets and Pillow-cases 

THE deep scallop No. 640 is suitable for finishing 
all large household linens, also dresses, aprons 
and negligees. This is 2 inches long and 1 inch deep; 
6 yards and 4 corners are included in the transfer 
pattern for 10 cents. 




No. 641 — Dainty on Neckwear and Lingerie 

THE little spray design No. 641 is exceptionally 
easy to work and very effective on lingerie, neck- 
wear, children's clothes and infants' garments; 6 
yards are included in the transfer pattern, 10 cents. 



No. 642 — For Underwear and Children's Clothes 

FORGET-ME-NOTS are always pretty on fine dainty 
materials, and this simple border will make a dis- 
tinctive trimming with little work. It is J-inch deep; 
6 yards are given in the transfer pattern for 10 cents. 



Page 25 



Borders for Braid and Embroidery 




No. 644 — Border for Cord. Couching or Braid 

THE attractive border No. 644 is 1J inch wide, and 
may be developed in soutache, cord, or wool couch- 
ing on dresses, suits and children's clothes. The trans- 
fer pattern includes 6 yards and 4 corners for 10 cents. 



No. 645— Soutache or Cord May be used to Develop This 

SUCH a simple border as No. 645 can be used effect- 
ively to trim dresses, suits and children's clothes. 
The transfer pattern includes 6 yards and 4 corners 
of border 1-inch wide for 10 cents. 




No. 646— A Smart Trimming in Braid or Cord 

A DISTINCTIVE trimming border such as No. 646 
can be carried out in cord, soutache or couching. 
The transfer pattern includes 6 yards and 4 corners 
of 1J inch border for 10 cents. 



No. 647— Effective Developed in Cord or Braid 

AN effective border for trimming dresses and suits 
- in cord or braid is No. 647. This is If inch wide, 
and the transfer pattern includes 4 yards and 4 cor- 
ners for 10 cents. 




No. 648 — Butterflies to be done in Cord and French Knots 

THE butterfly border No. 648 is very effective de- 
veloped in gold or silver cord or sequins on after- 
noon or evening dresses. It is 2J inches wide, and 
the pattern includes 4 yards and 4 corners for 10 cents. 



No. 649— Effective Dress or Coat Trimming 

THE conventional motifs in No. 649 may be repeated 
to form a border or used separately on pockets 
and belts. This is 2 inches wide, and the transfer 
pattern includes 4 yards and 4 corners for 10 cents. 




No. 650— Large Scallop for Sheets 

LARGE shallow scallops are most useful for finish- 
ing table-cloths, blankets, sheets and bed-spreads. 
No. 650 includes 4 yards and 4 corners, also diagram 
for adapting border to circle. The scallops are 4 
inches long and f-inch deep; 10 cents. 



No. 651— For Large Household Linens 

THE large rose-scallops are attractive for embroi- 
dering large household linens. The scallops in 
No. 651 are 3§ inches long and 1-inch deep. The 
transfer pattern includes 4 yards and 4 corners of 
this border for 10 cents. 





No. 652— Easily Worked Scallops 

GUEST towels, underwear, chil- 
dren's dresses and infants' gar- 
ments may be trimmed and finished 
with these narrow scallops in No. 652. 
The pointed scallop is J-inch deep, and 
the rose-scallop f-inch deep. The 
transfer includes 3 yards and 4 cor- 
ners of each for 10 cents. 




No. 



653— Motifs for Braid and 
Embroidery 



SUCH motifs as these in No. 653 
have many possibilities of 
adaptation, for they may be de- 
veloped in braid, cord, couching, 
beads or embroidery. They mea- 
sure 3J inches high, and 15 are in- 
cluded in the pattern for 10 cents. 




654 — For Finishing Towels 



'THE dotted scallops in No. 654 will 
-L be most satisfactory for finishing 
towels, pillow-cases, luncheon sets 
and other household linens. The first 
is f-inch deep, and the second scallop 
measures 1£ inch long and 1-inch deep; 
3 yards and 4 corners of each are in- 
cluded in the transfer for 10 cents. 



Page 26 




Trimming Motifs 

for Dresses, Suits 

and Hats 



No. 655— Braiding Motifs for Suit or Street Dress 

BRAIDING and cording have returned to high 
favor as trimmings for exclusive and high- 
priced suits and street dresses. No. 655 may be 
developed in soutache, cord or couching and has 
many possibilities of adaptation. The transfer 
pattern includes 4 pockets 4fx4J inches, 4 cor- 
ner motifs 4|x4£ inches and 2 yards of border 
2 1 inches wide, for 10 cents. 




656 — Butterflies for Silk or Cotton 

BUTTERFLIES are always pretty for decor- 
ating underwear, negligees-, evening dresses, 
scarfs and bed-room linens. Pattern No. 656 
includes 6 designs, varying in size from 2| to 
1J inches across, and there are 6 transfers of 
each; 36 butterflies suitable for development 
in either silk or cotton for 10 cents. 




657— For Giving a Brilliant Touch of Color 

IT is the fashion of the season to have the bright color 
note of a costume developed in solid embroidery, beads 
or both. Birds, flowers, butterflies in brilliant colors are 
placed fiat on the hat brim, on one shoulder of an after- 
noon costume or half hidden under the silk net draperies 
of an evening gown. Pattern No. 657 includes 6 birds, 
each measuring 5Jx5f inches; 2 butterflies, 5x4£ inches 
and 2 rose sprays, 7^x5 inches, for 10 cents. 




No. 658 — Suitable for Bags and 
Dresses 

PATCH pockets have been ele- 
vated to decorative features of 
many beautiful gowns, and so 
they are embroidered and braided. 
No. 658 includes 4 transfers of 
the design, which measures 6x6J 
inches, and may also be developed 
in blue, gray, brown or naturalis- 
tic colors on bags, 10 cents. 



No. 659— Beads or Embroidery May 
be Used to Develop These 

BEADING and embroidery are 
being used on hats, dresses 
and evening wraps to give touches 
of brilliant color. The peacock 
feathers in No. 659 measure llx6| 
inches, and have many possibili- 
ties for use on wearing apparel. 
The pattern includes 6 transfers 
for 10 cents. 



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No. 660 — Dainty for Baby's Dress 
or Sister's Underwear 

FINE French embroidery is al- 
ways a distinctive trimming 
for sheer materials, and No. 
660 includes a motif for front 
of baby's dress or older sister's 
lingerie, with 1 yard of border of 
the little sprays, to be used at 
the top of the hem, for 10 
cents. 



Page r, 




Directions for Smocking 



Material pre- 
pared with ma- 
chine - stitching 



TO prepare your work, use your 
sewing machine to stitch lines 
the width of presser foot apart. 
A long or short stitch determines 
the grade of your smocking, as 
you gather in the holes made by 
the machine needle. This is a 
strong point, as very fine work can 
be done, or otherwise. In using 
plain material, put your needle in 
the hole made by the machine needle, 
after removing the stitching thread a little at a time. 
Outline is first, as it begins nearly all patterns. 
Following the gathering-thread and working from 
left to right, start the thread on the second pleat at 
the gathering-thread on the under side. Bring it 
up to the right side on first pleat and work across 
the line. Single cable, also worked from left to 
right. The exception is that the thread is carried 
above the needle in one stitch, below the needle in 
the next, and so on across the line. The wavi 
stitch, work in outline stitch gradually from line to 
line above, using four stitches, then 
gradually down again four stitches. 
Working up, the thread is kept be- 
low the needle. Working down, the 
thread is kept above the needle. 

Vandyke stitch. Working from 
the right, start your thread as in 
outline, take two pleats together and 
one stitch over, then come down to 
the second gathering thread, take 
the second and third pleat together, 
one stitch over, then up halfway be- 
tween the second and first gathering 
thread, take the third and fourth 
stitch together, another stitch over 
and continue to the end of the line. 
Double vandyke. Same as two 
rows of single. 

Plain diamond. Working from the left, take 
one stitch in the first pleat, thread below the needle, 



Vi-ll.jl 



Vandyke - stitch 
point drop finish 




Illustrating Co 
Smocking 



one stitch in the second pleat, beside 
the first stitch, thread above the nee- 
dle. Come down halfway between 
the first and second thread, take one 
stitch in the third pleat, thread above 
the needle, another in the fourth be- 
side the third with the thread below 
the needle, then up again to the first 
gathering thread and repeat across 
the line. 

Feathered diamond. Work from 
right to left and much the same as the ordinary 
feather stitch. Start your thread as in outline, take 
the first and second pleats together, then come down 
quarterway between the first and second gathering 
thread, take the second and third pleat together, 
then down halfway and take the third and fourth 
pleat together, then up, then down, repeating the 
process. This is one-half of the diamond. 
Bullion stitch. Put your thread six 
times around the needle and make a stitch 
of an inch long. The beauty of your 
obtained by attention to 
tail and perfect preparation. 

Using Dimity and Checks. If 
corded, the cords may be taken up in 
place of machine needle marks, if 
the space is desirable, but lines are 
secured as before directed. 

Checked Dimity. If the spaces 
please you, use the checks for all 
marking and no machine work is 
needed, but shirr as always, using 
these checks as guides. 

Remarks. — In all work there 
must be a theory for the basis. In 
this case, as the worker becomes 
trained, much preparation can be 
eliminated, but our rules are im- 
perative for the beginner. 
Points. Can be done entirely without prepara- 
tion after a little practice. 



or seven 
a quarter 

work is 
every de- 



mbination of 
Stitches 



THE combination of 
pearl and crochet 






Pearl and Crochet Buttons Z^TtL th Lt7, 

and then slipping the 
stitch off the needle, 
catch the hook up 
through the single 
crochet, from the un- 
derside. Then bring 
the stitch down 
through, place the roll as wished, let the thread go 
up the side, and drawing the stitch to the edge upon 
the underside, catch it into a stitch; then go along a 
few stitches with the single crochet, until the next roll. 
Number S — Shows plainly how it is made. You 
will notice in all of these buttons an effort is made to 
show the pearl underneath, instead of having solid 
work. In this the ring is made over padding cord, 
and the center filled with a Battenberg stitch. 

Number J, — The center of this is a bit different. 
Make a chain of six stitches, turn and make a roll- 
stitch of three over, and put it into the third stitch 
from the end. The next roll has four over, next five 
and last six. Then turn and go back down the other 
side of chain, making rolls to correspond. Then put 
a Klones knot in the center of this, and finish with 
chains and single crochet. 



in buttons for sum- 
mer dresses is espe- 
cially attractive. 

Number 1 — For 
this a small ball pearl 
was used. Make a 
chain of four stitches 

and join. Fill this chain with single crochet, then 
chain three, and catch in third single and repeat all 
the way around. Next row: chain four each time and 
catch in previous chains. Then to narrow a little, 
make the chains of three stitches the next time round. 
By this time you should slip in the button, and so that 
it will not slide on the pearl, catch across from one 
side to the other, pulling the thread tightly, until it 
seems firm; then go on with crochet, and do this in 
the single stitch, so as to cover the threads. 

Number 2 — Make the ring in the center, and then 
single crochet until you are at the edge of the button. 
Then go around and make a little roll of stitches in 
several places, which you catch over upon the plain 
crochet. To make these put the thread over the 
needle eight times, and then draw the last stitch 
through the others, and have a tight little roll upon 



Page 28 



Initials, How to Place and Embroider Them 



TO work raised initials, first outline all parts to 
be worked in stem-stitch or outlining, then run 
the stamping lines of the solid sections. Next, the 
solid parts are padded very evenly, going over it 
several times if you wish a highly raised letter. 
If the padding is poorly done the finished work is 
uneven. Next cover padded and outlined portions 
with close, firm over-and-over stitches, worked at 
right angles to the padding. If the letter is done 
in outline and seeding the margins of portions filled 
with seeding-stitch are either worked in outline-stitch 
or else with a tiny line whipping over a single 
thread. Various fancy stitches, as darning, filling 
and lace stitches, are used in developing initials, but, 
as with seeding, they meet their most effective use 
when combined with satin-stitch. Ladder work, 
punch work and other open embroidery is most effect- 
ive for developing 3-, 4- and 6-inch letters on bed- 
spreads, sheets, bureau-scarfs, lingerie pillow-covers, 
elaborate or very fine luncheon or tea cloths and 
other large pieces. To be effective these open letters 
should, however, be very well done and are hardly 
practical for the amateur embi-oidress. 

Materials for Working 

FOR working monograms and initials on bed-room 
linens, dining-room linens and on any articles 
of cotton or linen material, use mercerized cotton 
No. 35 for \-, |- and 1-inch letters; No. 25 for 2-inch 
letters and No. 20 for 3- and 4-inch sizes. 

For embroidering initials or monograms on silk 
or wool materials use filo silk for the small letters 
and twisted silk for the 4-inch or 6-inch letters. The 
padding should be done with soft padding cotton, as 
this does not separate in washing. 

Initials may be used singly or may be combined 
to form 2- or 3-letter monograms. 



Stumping the Letters 

FIRST cut the letters you wish to use from the 
pattern, then if one initial is to be used lay it in 
place with the printed side on the material and 
transfer with a hot iron. If a two-letter monogram 
is to be used, place the letters together so that you 
can see how they will overlap and also the size 
of the completed monogram; then place the last 
initial on the material and transfer it, remove the 
paper and place the initial of the first name in 
position and transfer that. 



The Correct Sizes to Use 

FOR marking guest-towels use 1-inch letters, and 
for large towels 2-, 2|- or 3-inch letters; the 
2-ineh are preferred when a two- or three-letter 
monogram is used, either with or without a wreath. 
On sheets use 3£- or 4-inch initials, and on pillow- 
cases 2J- or 3-inch initials or 2-inch monograms. 
4- or 6-inch letters may be used on blankets, bed- 
spreads or comforters. Lingerie pillow-covers, 
bureau-scarfs and small linens should be marked with 
1- or 2-inch initials or monogram depending on the 
design of the embroidery or the wreath enclosing 
the letters. 

On bed-spreads and motor robes one may use 6-inch 
letters developed in twisted silk the color of the arti- 
cle. For table-cloths 3J-or 4-inch letters; for lunch- 



eon- or tea-cloths, 2J- or 3-inch initials or monogram. 
On centerpieces 2J or 2-inch letters, and 1-inch 
letters on doilies, tray-cloths and platter-cloths. 2- 
or 3-inch letters may be used on sideboard-scarfs. 
Dinner napkins require 3- or 3^-inch initials or a 
monogram of 2- or 2|-inch letters, while breakfast 
napkins may be marked with 2-inch initials or a 
monogram of 1- or lj-inch letters. Fruit and tea 
napkins may be marked with 1-inch letters. 

Placing the Letters 

FOR embroidering a monogram on a square table- 
cloth, stamp the letters in one corner about five 
inches from each hem. On a round table-cloth 
the letters may be placed either in the center, so 
that they will be just outside the centerpiece, or 
so that they will fall two inches over the edge 
of the table when the cloth is in use. For marking 
napkins, place the letters so that when the napkin 
is folded four times the letters will be in the center 
of the outside fold. 

On a bedspread the monogram should be placed 
in the center; on a bureau-scarf the letters may 
be at one end, or two inches from the hem at the 
center of the scarf. Sheets should be stamped so 
that the monogram will be right side up when the 
end of the sheet is turned over. The letters may 
be placed two inches from the hem. Pillow-cases 
should be marked at the center of one end, two 
inches from the hem or scallop. Towels, if finished 
with hemstitching, may be marked one inch from 
the top of the hem; if finished with scalloping, the 
letters should be two inches from the scalloping. 

Marking the Trousseau 

A BRIDE marks her trousseau with her own initials 
or if only one letter is to be worked, the initial 
of her last name. Gifts to a bride should also be 
marked with the initials of her maiden name. 

A married woman embroiders her household linens 
with the initial of her first name, the first initial 
of her middle name and the initial of her husband's 
surname. 

Venetian Ladder-work 

TWO straight buttonholed 
edges of the material held 
together by buttonholed bars 
placed ladder fashion at regular 
intervals about §-inch apart. 
This stitch is used for block 
initials, Richelieu embroidery 
and conventional designs on 
linen. It may be used with the 
new large eyelet work and with 
cut work. 

Richelieu Embroidery 

RICHELIEU embroidery is a 
combination of eyelet work, 
ladder work and buttonhole- 
stitch. This work should be done on unbleached or 
oyster white linen, and linen floss is preferable to 
mercerized cotton for doing the work. 

The edges should all be worked in very narrow 
buttonhole-stitch and the parts of the design may be 
connected with lace stitches or ladder work. 




Page 29 



Diagrams and Directions for Stitches 




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Outline-Stitch 

THIS simplest of all stitches is done by 
taking consecutive stitches of even 
length, with the needle pointed toward 
the sewer. Each stitch should go back 
two-thirds on the preceding one so as to 
give the effect of a twisted cord, and 
the thread should always be on the left 
side of the needle. When outlining a 
curve the stitches should be shorter and 
closer together. 

Stem-Stitch 

STEM-STITCH 
should be used 
where ordinary outlin- 
ing would be too nar- 
row. 

It may be padded 
with outline or run- 
ning-stitch. The cov- 
ering thread is whipped over the outlining and caught 
in the material very lightly. This stitch is prefera- 
ble to outline-stitch for embroidering stems and lines 
on fine, sheer materials. 

French Laid or Solid Embroidery 

TO do the French laid or 
solid embroidery, first 
outline the space with run- 
ning-stitches, then pad to 
the desired height with 
stitches taken lengthwise 
of the space, a little inside 
the stamping lines. This 
should be done with long 
stitches on the right side of the material, and then 
worked over at right angles with stitches laid very 
closely and evenly together. Embroidering a curve 
necessitates crowding the stitches on the inside of 
the curve. Each stitch must be at right angles to 
the center line of the petal or scroll. 



RUN 
starr 





Buttonhole- 
Stitch 

the 
stamping 
lines of the 
design with 
fine stitches, 

then pad the center of the space to the desired height 
with running-stitches, lengthwise of the space. The 
buttonhole-stitch should be worked from left to right, 
holding the thread toward you with the left thumb. 
A loop is formed by each stitch, which makes a purled 
or twisted edge. The stitches should be taken closely 
together, at right angles to the padding. 

French Knots 

TO make these, bring the thread 
up through to the right side 
of the material; then with the 
left hand wind it around the nee- 
dle three or more times. Stick 
the needle into the material close 
to where the thread came out, 
and with the left hand draw the 
twists until they lie snugly around the needle close to 
the material. Hold them until the needle and all of 
the thread has been drawn through the cloth and 
fasten with a stitch on the wrong side of the material. 




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Eyelet Work 

FOR eyelet embroidery, first run 
around the outlines with very small 
stitches, then punch the centers open 
with a stiletto 
or cut them 
out a very lit- 
tle and work 
over the line 
of running 
stitches and 
the edge with 
close, fine 
over-and-over- 
stitches. Oval 
eyelets should 
be cut length- 
wise. Make 
the covering 
stitches even, 
and pull them tightly enough to keep 
the goods rolled inside the whipping. 
When the round eyelet is finished, 
twist the stiletto round in the eyelet 
from the wrong side, to make it raised 
and round. 




Kensington-Stitch 

THIS is done by alternating rows 
of long and short stitches or back- 
stitches. Each row of stitches should 

lap deeply into the one preceding, 

and their direction should be the 

same as that of the veining of the 

petal or leaf, radiating from the 

flower-center outward. 

Shading should be done with two 

strands of two shades. To work to 

the next shade use one strand of the 

original shade and two of the lighter 

or darker. Turnovers on petals are padded. Remem- 
ber that the stitches must be so placed that if the turnover were 
flattened out to its original position, the stitches would point to 
the base of the petal. 

Lazy-Daisy-Stitch 

THE diagram shows the 
method of working the 
blue wild asters on the ham- 
mock pillow No. 1059. The 
petals are made by catching 
down each loop at the end 
from the under side of the 
material by taking a stitch 
from the center of the flower 
to the end of the petal on the 
under side, while holding down 
the loop on the right side of 
the fabric ; a short stitch holds 
down each loop. 

Thousand-Flower-Stitch 

EACH petal is made with 
one stitch from the cen- 
ter of the flower to the end of 
the petal. The work should be 



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Page 30 



Cross-Stitch Designs and Diagrams 




A TEAPOT-HOLDER of 
linen may be lined with 
heavyflannel, felt or asbestos 
paper. The edges are over- 
handed togetherwith a cross- 
stitch in green. The brass 
ring at the top is covered 
with a buttonhole-stitch in 
green. The Polly in the cen- 
ter is green and gold. 

Color key: x dark green; 
+ light green; O orange. 




AN old-fashioned tea-cosy of linen 
- crash. The hem of the frill is 
overhanded in pink, then' reversed in 
black, forming a cross-stitch. The un- 
covered cosy is $1.00. 



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Color key: 
green. 



X gray; O pink; + light 



A 36-inch square of linen 
makes an easily laun- 
dered apron. One corner 
forms a bib and may be 
embroidered, while strings 
of ribbon may be attached 
at the waist by buttons. 




DIAGRAM for working 
apron, holder and tea- 
cosy over cross-stitch cam- 
bric. Any color scheme 
may be used in carrying out 
these Polly designs. 




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ANOTHER table-scarf of Russian 
- crash, with a crocheted edge and 
a Polly. 

Colorkey: X lightgreen; + dark green; 
D blue; O black; E! brown; O lightbi'own. 




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DIAGRAM for working Polly on 
the runner. 



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A SIMPLE cross-stitch alphabet. Any initial or combination of initials may be copied for marking towels, 
aprons or any gifts decorated in cross-stitch. The size of the crosses will determine the size of the letter. 



Page 31 





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Cross-Stitch Diagrams 

For working over canvas 



WORKED over coarse canvas this wreath will be 
twice this size and appropriate for towels, baby 
blankets, pin-cushions, lingerie pillows and bed-room 
sets of bureau-scarf cases for toilet articles and bags. 
A cross-stitch monogram may be inclosed in the 
wreath. 



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A PRETTY garland border of forget-me-nots for 
children's dresses, towels, runners, bureau- 
scarfs and pillows; also suitable for baby blankets 
or carriage-cover. The color diagram for placing 

stitches is below. 




FORGET- 
ME-NOT 
motif for 
baby's dress, 
bib, sack or 
pillow. To be 
worked in 
baby blue, 
soft light 
green and 
yellow. 



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FORGET-ME- 
NOT motif 
for baby's out- 
fit. To be em- 
broidered on 
dresses, bonnets 
and sacks in light 
blue, soft green 
and yellow. 



BOWKNOT and rosebud motif for baby's bon- 
net, sack, dress, pillow, towels and cases. 
To be worked in twisted silk on wool fabrics, or 
No. 8 mercerized cotton on cotton or linen ma- 
terials. 




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Diagram for working 
runner and napkins. 

Color key. x orange; 
l yellow; □ dark 
green; O light green; 
□ brown. 




A TABLE-RUNNER of Russian crash, hemstitched; 
with 3 Pollies worked to form a border. Often 2 
runners are crossed on the table. The small napkins to 
match are quickly made. Owing to the narrow width of 
the lirlen it is only necessary to hemstitch the two ends. 



x blue + mm 

□ PINK SLIGHT PINK 
OYEUOW 
Diagram for placing 
colors on these designs. 



THE needlework de- 
partment will supply- 
cross-stitch canvas in 
small, medium or large 
squares for 50 cents a 
yard. State size when 
ordering. 

Twisted silks should 
be used for developing 
these designs on silk or 
wool fabrics, and No. 5 
or 8 mercerized cotton 
on linen or cotton ma- 
terials. 



Page 32 



MOST of the trimmings 
seen now on dresses 
make use of bias folds. 
The exact way to get this bias line is by folding back 
a corner of the material until the lengthwise selvage 
lies exactly across the face of the goods. Then cut 
along in the diagonal fold. To cut the strips, mea- 
sure carefully from this cut, bias edge the width you 
want them to be, making short pencil marks (oncat 
each end and one at the middle). Lay a yard-stick 
along with its edge touching the three marks and 
draw a pencil line. Measure from this line the width 
for the next strip, and mark in the same way. 

Bias strips must always have their joining seams 
running on straight threads of the material. The 
ends of the strips cut from this straight piece of 
goods are just right for joining consecutively. It is 
advisable to trim off the selvage, for it is apt to draw. 

Cording and binding are two of the most used trim- 
mings. These are of two kinds — those used to finish 
edges, or the covered cord that is applied in braiding 
designs or shaped into orna- 
mental forms. Soft cotton cord, 
known as cable cord, is used. 
It comes in different sizes and 
costs about one cent a yard. 
One inch is the usual width for 
the bias strips for covering. The 
cord is laid on the strip, one 
edge turned over and a line of 
running stitches made to hold 
the cord in place. When the 
edge is straight, or nearly so, 
the wider edge of the bias strip 
may be hemmed down to serve 
as an underfacing. 

When the cording is applied 



Self-Trimmings 





sufficient length for the cord 
you are going to need. Fold 
this lengthwise through the 
middle (the seams toward the outside) and stitch a 
narrow seam on the raw edge side. This forms the 
tube, which is, you will see, wrongside out. The 
problem is to get the cord inside the tube. It is done 
by means of a tape needle or bodkin. Fasten the cord 
securely to the end of the tape needle. As the cord 
will probably be rather heavy, the steel needles that 
have a toothed clutch at the end and a little slide to 
hold it shut are best. Now push the needle into the 
right-hand end of the tube and sew the cord fast to 
the tube end. Proceed to push the needle (toward 
the left hand) through the tube, pulling the tube back 
(toward the right hand) over the cord. The needle 
will finally come out through the left-hand end of the 
tube, which will gradually have been pulled rightside 
out and over the cord. It is best not to use too much 
force in this process, and for that reason the covering 
should be an easy rather than a tight fit for the cord. 
It is most exasperating to have 
a needle and cord part some- 
where in the middle of the tube. 
Should this happen, cut the 
tube and make another start. 

For the binding edges the 
bias strips prepared in the same 
manner are used. When a bind- 
ing turns a corner it should be 
mitered, or at least folded to 
represent a mitered turn. This 
means that the binding strip 
must be folded at the turn in a 
line that will run evenly across 
the line of the binding. This 
rolled binding does not show 



The tape needle coming out the end of the tube 
and pulling the cord through its covering 



Applying the cord and a 
separate underfacing to 
a curved edge — an arm- 
hole, for example 



to an armhole edge that is very 
much curved, it is better to make 
the underfacing separate. A nar- 
row bias strip is run on at the 
same seam line after the cord is 
basted. This strip must be not 
exactly fulled on, but held a little 
easy, in order that its other edge 
may lie flat after it is turned over. 
When the cord is to be applied 
as a shaped ornament or in braid- 
ing lines, the method of covering 
is different. The bias strips are 
cut in the same manner, but they 
must be just wide enough to fit 
easily around the cord and allow a 
narrow seam for joining the cov- 
ering material into a tube. Join 
the ends of the bias strips to make 





The wider edge of the cord covering 
hemmed down to form the underfacing 





A milliners' fold with visible stitching 



Material folded for cutting 
a true bias 

any of the sewing by which it is 
applied, and is best put on by hand, 
sewing the strip first on the out- 
side of the goods in a narrow 
seam, then turning it under and 
hemming it on the under side. 

A straight ruffle may be finished 
with an imitation of the rolled 
binding that is simply a variation 
of the ordinary hem, and does not 
require any extra strip. A hem 
allowance of about an inch is made 
in cutting the ruffle. This inch is 
then turned back on the outside of 
the ruffle and a little tuck (about 
J-inch) is run along just back of 
the fold-line. The edge is then 
turned over and hemmed down. 




No. 1014— Effective and Easy to Embroidei 

rpHIS centerpiece, which is twenty inches in diameter, 
-»- has a design to be worked in satin-stitch, eyelets and 
the heavy little dots that are worked like back-stitch, 
making three stitches, one over another. Medium fine 
cotton is provided for working the design; slightly heavier 
cotton with a loose twist for the buttonholed edge, and 
soft cotton for padding. The stamped centerpiece No. 
1014 will be sent for 45 cents, and the necessary cotton 
for 25 cents. A transfer pattern will be sent for 10 cents. 




Rose Design in White 



'"PHIS graceful, effective design is to be developed in Kensing- 
-L ton-stitch, long-and-short-stitch. seeding and outline in 
white. No. 643 is 27 inches in diameter and can be supplied 
stamped on white linen for $1.25, with necessary white cottons 
for 48 cent6 extra. 



A hot-iron transfer pattern is 10 cents. 




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naught through the turning yellow of cottons which, 
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